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9.5 Theses on Art and Class
Haymarket Books 2013; US$ 18.00Ben Davis draws the curtain back on the contemporary art world to assail its commodified roots. more...
The Aesthetic Field
Cybereditions 2001; US$ 12.95Arguing that traditional answers to the question ?What is art?? are partial at best, Arnold Berleant contends that we need to understand art as a complex aesthetic field encompassing all the factors that form the context and experience of art. more...
Against the Wall
Chicago Review Press 2011; US$ 19.95Featuring the work of acclaimed artists such as Banksy, Ron English, and Blu, as well as Palestinian artists and activists, the photographs in this collection express outrage, compassion, and touching humor while illustrating the lives and livelihoods of the tens of thousands of people affected by Israel's wall. This stunning book of photographs details... more...
Ai Weiwei Speaks
Penguin Books Ltd 2011; Not Available'If artists betray the social conscience and the basic principles of being human, where does art stand then?' Ai Weiwei - artist, architect, curator, publisher, poet and urbanist - extended the notion of art and is one of the world's most significant creative and cultural figures. In this series of interviews, conducted over several years with... more...
Anarchy and Art
Arsenal Pulp Press 2007; US$ 23.95A fascinating study of anarchist artists confronting pivotal historical moments over the past 140 years. more...
Animal
Reaktion Books 2004; US$ 23.95From the pet that we live with and care for, to news items such as animal cloning, and the use of various creatures in film, television and advertising, animals are a constant presence in our lives. Animal is a timely overview of the many ways in which we live with animals, and assesses many of the paradoxes of our relationships with them: for example,... more...
Art, Mimesis and the Avant-Garde
Taylor and Francis 1991; US$ 51.95Benjamin argues for a reappraisal of philosophy with reference to the centrality of ontology, offering original reinterpretations of contemporary painters including Lucien Freud, Francis Bacon and R.B. Kitaj. more...
Art, Technology, Consciousness
Intellect 2000; US$ 10.00Within a technological context, this volume addresses contemporary theories of consciousness, subjective experience, the creation of meaning and emotion, and relationships between cognition and location. Its focus is both on and beyond the digital culture, seeking to assimilate new ideas emanating from the physical sciences as well as embracing spiritual... more...
The Art Kettle
John Hunt Publishing 2012; US$ 9.99The theme of 'disinterest' is a dominant one in philosophical accounts of aesthetic experience, and, unlike many philosophical themes, it has had and continues to have a huge effect, on presuppositions about the nature of judgment, of feeling, of art, of resistance, of all of those experiences and activities that appear to operate at least partly... more...
Art and Liberation
Taylor and Francis 2006; US$ 116.00The role of art in Marcuse?s work has often been neglected, misinterpreted or underplayed. His critics accused him of a religion of art and aesthetics that leads to an escape from politics and society. Yet, as this volume demonstrates, Marcuse analyzes culture and art in the context of how it produces forces of domination and resistance in society,... more...









